Applications Open for "Sustainable Business Awards"
Applications for the Sustainable Business Awards, held annually to recognise successful sustainable business models, opened on 30 April.
In its fifth year, the competition, to be evaluated by a jury composed of academics, has added three new categories: 'Social Enterprise of the Year', 'Women's Empowerment' and 'Employee Engagement/Commitment'. Applications across a total of 14 categories will continue until 13 July.
The Sustainable Business Awards aims to accelerate the sustainability transformation in Turkey by sharing successful projects that create significant impact on social, economic and environmental issues with a broad audience. Held for the fifth time this year with the aim of accelerating the transition to innovative, circular and responsible business models and enabling projects with holistic sustainable approaches to serve as role models.The application period for the Sustainable Business Awards, which opened on 30 April, will continue until 13 July. Applications for the Sustainable Business Awards can be submitted via http://surdurulebilirisodulleri.com/2018.
In addition to large-scale companies, SMEs, Start-ups, Social Enterprises and Local Authorities can also apply for the awards. Following the evaluation conducted by an elite jury composed of leading names in their field in Turkey, the winners of the competition will be announced at the awards ceremony to be held in October.
Three New Categories Added
Carbon and Energy Management, Water Management, Social Impact, Sustainability Communication, Collaboration, Supply Chain Management, Waste Management, Diversity and Inclusion, Start-up, Sustainability Report and Sustainable Innovation categories have been joined this year for the first time by 'Social Enterprise of the Year', 'Women's Empowerment' and 'Employee Engagement/Commitment' categories.
The Collaboration category has opened for applications as two sub-categories. B2B Collaboration will evaluate collaborations between private sector organisations (for-profit organisations), while B2NGO Collaboration will evaluate collaborations between private sector organisations (for-profit organisations) and civil society organisations (non-profit organisations).
